[cma-l] Empowerment White Paper

[Marilyn Hyndman]

to follow on...

For anyone left wondering, this only applies in England.
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Marilyn Hyndman
Northern Visions/NvTv
23 Donegall Street
Belfast
BT1 2FF

Tel: 028 9024 5495
Fax: 028 9032 6608

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On 23 Apr 2008, at 13:48, Phil Korbel wrote:

> to follow on from Helen's useful email
>
> It is likely that there will be special mention in one of the White
> Paper chapters for community media and the use of 'new technologies'
> to encourage active citizenship and to promote local democracy.  DCLG
> know that this isn't new but they want to encourage it and would like
> to hear from you if you have stories of how it has worked for you.
>
> Dont hold your breath for new money magically appearing, but the
> higher profile and direction to local authorities that might flow
> from the White Paper could be very useful to us all.
>
> So it's really important that the whole sector chips in to feed in
> their views and evidence into this White Paper process.
>
> For more information please visit the CLG website
> (http://tinyurl.com/6qnrpl), where you can read the White Paper
> launch document (http://tinyurl.com/2gls9b).
>
> Alternatively please email unlockingTalent at communities.gsi.gov.uk for
> more information.
>
> bests
>
> Phil
>
> Date sent:      	Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:52:03 +0100
> From:           	CMA-L <cma-l at commedia.org.uk>
> To:             	cma-l at commedia.org.uk
> Subject:        	[cma-l] Community Power Pack
>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>
>> From: helen manchester <helen.l.manchester at manchester.ac.uk>
>>
>> This may be of interest...
>>
>> Involve is proud to announce the launch of the 'Community Power Pack'
>> (http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/communities/ 
>> powerpack ); a
>> document that Involve has developed for Communities and Local
>> Government (CLG).
>>
>> The 'Community Power Pack' contains all the information you need to
>> run a participative event on Empowerment. It follows Communities
>> Secretary Hazel Blears' announcement of a new Empowerment White  
>> Paper.
>> It is aimed at groups who wouldn't normally take part to let their
>> views and experiences be known; and as a result we have made the pack
>> as practical and easy to use as possible.
>>
>> The pack contains suggestions on how to run an event, with advice for
>> facilitators and organisers as well as detailed information about
>> empowerment issues. It also poses some questions around empowerment
>> issues that CLG would like to hear your views on. The results of the
>> events will feed into the development of the upcoming Community
>> Empowerment White paper.
>>
>> For more information please visit the CLG website
>> (http://tinyurl.com/6qnrpl), where you can read the White Paper  
>> launch
>> document (http://tinyurl.com/2gls9b).
>>
>> Alternatively please email unlockingTalent at communities.gsi.gov.uk for
>> more information.
>>
>> Involve will be updating the pack based on user feedback and we
>> welcome any thoughts you might have on it. Please send your practical
>> thoughts and ideas on the pack to edward at involve.org.uk
>>
>> Helen
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Marilyn Hyndman
Northern Visions/NvTv
23 Donegall Street
Belfast
BT1 2FF

Tel: 028 9024 5495
Fax: 028 9032 6608

NvTv
Belfast Community Television
Free-to-Air on Channel 62/Freq:799.276MHz
Live on line: www.nvtv.co.uk

www.northernvisions.org



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